Hat-shaping-machine brim-curler.



No. 650,084. A Patented May 22, 1900'. A. TURNER & F. .BATTERSBY. HATSHAPING. MACHINE B'RIM OURLER.

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A. TURNER &. F. BATTERSBY.. HAT SHAPING MACHINE BRIMBURLER.

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, UNITED STATES ALBERT TURNER, vOF BENTON, AND FRANK BATTERSBY,

ENGLAND.

PATENT OFFICE.

or STOCKPORT,

HAT-SHAPING-MACHINE BRlM-CURLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 650,084, dated. May 22,1906. Application filed May 10, 1898. Serial No. 680,254. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

siding at Denton, and FRANK BATTERSBY, residing at Stockport, England,subjects of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland,- have invented newand useful Improvements in Hat- Ourling Presses, of which the followingis a specification.

Our invention relates to hat-brim-curling presses, and refers moreparticularly to the matrix portion of such presses by which the brim ofa hat is given the requisite arch and curl. Such matrix is made inhalves for enabling it to be removed from the brim of the hat aftercurling, but for the purpose of keeping such halves together during thecurling operation they are pegged onto a frame or base. At present suchhalf portions are the exact size of the space within the intended curlof the brim, and after the felt is pressed around them they require verycareful handling to remove them from the curl without damaging orbreaking the felt or altering the curl, and this operation is a sourceof much trouble and loss to the hatter.

In accordance with our invention we make the interior diameter of thematrix about half an inch larger than heretofore, and we cause the baseor frame of the matrix to extend upward to a point level with the faceof the matrix and so fill up the space heretofore occupied by the matrixof smaller interior diameter. Hence with the half portions of the matrixprovided with beveled-off ends it will be seen that when the hat isremoved from the press, with the curling-irons or matrix within itsbrim,an annular space of about one-fourth of an inch will, be leftbetween said irons or matrix and the crown or side of the hat and theirons will be more or less slack and will involve little or no troubleto 7 remove, with the risk of damaging the brim showing how a gap orspace'is left between the hat-bod y and the matrix when lifted from theBe it known that we, ALBERT TURNER, re-.

base. Fig. 4 is an end View of a felt hat, showing on one side how thehalf portions of the matrix readily leave the curl, due to the said gapor space and the, bevel ends, and on the other side showing the hat andmatrix in section and illustratingin a more striking manner the gap orspace between the hat and the matrix when lifted from the base.

A is the frame or base, and-B B the half portions of the matrix, whichabut against each other at O and have their abutting faces beveled orformed at an angle in the ordinary manner. Each half is pegged onto thebase or frame A by pegs c and holes D. Instead of each half being thefull size of the intended brim or instead of the inner dia1neter orcircumference which surrounds the crown or body of the hat being thesame as that of the opening in the base, we make them smaller or thesaid inner diameter greater, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4, and wecause the base or frame A to extend upward to a height which is levelwith the upper face of the matrix and of a width that serves to fill upthe space previously occupied by the matrix, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.With the matrix thus made up to its proper size the curling operation isproperly efiected; but when the time arrives for the half por tions ofthe matrix to be removed from the frame an annular space is left allaround the hat between the inner edge of the matrix and the hat-bodyinstead of being a perfectlytight fit as heretofore, and thus with theabutting ends of the curling-irons beveled off at an angle of aboutthirty degrees it is the easiest operation imaginable to remove therespective irons outof the brim,since the said annular space allows ofthe diagonal move-.

ment of the iron, which was hitherto prevented by reason of the closeabutment of the irons against the sides of the hat-body. The beveledends of the irons are shown in Fig. 4: at m.

In lieu of the raised edging of the base being continuous it may be onone side only, or to further increase the slackness of the matrix in thebrimwe maycause the raised edging of the base to extend between one orboth of the abutting edges of the curling-irons, as

shown, in dotted lines in Fig. 2, with suitable provision for thestripping of. the felt on the outer end of said raised edge or edges.

By dividingthe frame A we may flapt our 5 invention to silk-hat-curlingpresses.

turned portion, the sectional matrix fitting about theouter side of saidupturned portion, the several sections of said matrix being de tachablyconnected with the base and each independently removable from thehat-brim,

Having thus particularly desoribediand as=.

:certained the nature of our said invention, what we claim is 1. Incombination, the base A having an [O u pwardly-extending portion and thesectional matrix fittingabout the outer side of said up- I turnedportion of the base, the sections of said matrixhaving-beveled ends and,said u p-.

turned or upwardly-extending portion lying flush with the upper surfaceof the matrix and fitting between the same and the body of the hat,substantially as described.

- 2; In combination, the base having the upsha-ped tope'rmit theirindependent removal, said upturned or upwardlyextending portion saidsections having theirends abutting and

